{"id":646925,"date":"2025-12-21T20:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/646925\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:22:15","slug":"hunt-for-hit-and-run-driver-after-woman-seriously-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/646925\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt for hit-and-run driver after woman seriously injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A manhunt is ongoing to locate the driver of the car<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-21-at-190508jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Merseyside Police at the scene of a hit and run in Kirkby\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Merseyside Police at the scene of a hit and run in Kirkby(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a hit-and-run in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/kirkby\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Kirkby<\/a>. Emergency services were called to Glovers Brow, in<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/kirkby?pageNumber=2\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"> Kirkby<\/a>, at around 5.30pm on Sunday, December 21, with reports a car had hit a female pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The woman has been taken to hospital with a serious facial injury, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/merseyside-police\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Merseyside Police<\/a> confirmed. The driver of the car left the scene and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/merseyside-police\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">police <\/a>enquiries are ongoing to locate them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information is urged to call 101 or DM @MerpolCC quoting log number 687 of December 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you by signing up to our<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/data.reachplc.com\/212764146160855\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"> daily and breaking newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sign up to our breaking news newsletter<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/data.reachplc.com\/212764146160855\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"> here<\/a>. 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